Lesson Learned
Thursday, 27. May 2010
*Disclaimer
1. This post may contain a little TMI than some folks are used to, but I am one such person to never skim on details.
2. This post may also provide too much insight on my personal neuroticism.
As I’m sure you’ll all agree, moving is a pain. Luckily, my sister flew in from Toronto for moral support, and I had movers to come in and pack up all my things for me. Now I don’t know how you store your delicates, but being a child of the IKEA age, I have two of their Antonius shelves to house mine.
Ikea Antonius Shelving
Now here’s how I process. I figured, since all the items are already in their respective drawers, it’ll probably be more time-efficient to just wrap tape around and around to secure them. In fact, that is exactly what I’d do as a mover if I were to pack. Secure items. Check. Lift shelves to truck. Check. Unload from truck. Check. Et Voila!
I was so so wrong. I stepped outside my apartment to soak up the last few days of California sunshine while 3 burly men came in and took apart the dining table, coffee table, book shelves, bed frames. In the mean time, these men got to work packing everything else. About 30 minutes later, the apartment gave birth to 40 boxes that just kept coming. Thinking that I should probably step in to check on their progress, I sauntered in. All the items in my Antonius shelves – the ones that store my delicates – had been emptied.
Let’s think here for a second, my friends. One out of three of those burly men was in my underwear drawer emptying out the contents into a brown cardboard box. He might or might not have seen what I own. I was hoping for might not, but who are we kidding here? He. touched. my. undies. And let’s not even get into how we categorize them – Grade A for the super special occasions, Grade B for the everyday wear, Grade C for the…. well, you get the idea.
Mortification ensued. When it came time to initialize the form and acknowledge that everything had been packed and ready to ship, looking straight into the mover’s eyes was a challenge. I looked everywhere else but. His hairline, his nose, the tree 10 feet behind him, and oh, yes – the form.
Good thing I have a sister to laugh it all off – over beers to drink it all away. So, the lesson here is, when movers come to pack your stuff…they pack e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.
Siga Says:
OMG! I’m toasting a beer to you for surviving.
Sarah TX Says:
Hahahaha yes they do! I’ve had movers for one move, and they packed up the half-roll of toilet paper sitting next to the toilet! We needed that paper! They even packed up the phonebooks (which wouldn’t do much help, considering we were moving halfway cross the country).
Christy Says:
Have you ever tried to move a dresser full of clothes? There’s a reason they dump all the things out of the dressers. Clothes are *H*E*A*V*Y*.
If you hired professional movers, they’ve probably seen it all, and don’t care about one person’s underwear. It’s like the IT guy at work. He’s seen all the weird things people have done to their computers, and your weird mistake which seems horribly catastrophic and embarrassing to you means a few clicks and some changed settings or restore from backup for him/her.
caitlyn Says:
Hahahahaa, I don’t think this story makes you look neurotic. I sure wouldn’t want strange men touching my underwear either! I would be mortified too. Glad you were able to laugh it off with a beer!
thea Says:
So funny. I tossed most my Grade Cs after an unexpected and really embarrassing trip to the hospital for emergency surgery.
All I remember was how many times I apologized for my 15+ year old, turned-gray, elastic-showing, old old old, and yep, even faintly stained, “First Day Of” Undies.
Now I have plain black Jockeys for just that occasion.
winnie Says:
I guess that makes sense. Maybe they are just like IT guys, but I’m pretty sure IT guys secretly laugh at the ridiculous things they see at work too. “Oh hey, you’d never believe what that guy did to his computer today..”
michele Says:
any money his ‘undies drawer’ is worse than yours.
thanks for the funny read.
also meant to comment on your cold sweater post. your red sweater is gorgeous. love the ribbing that starts at the elbows.
if you don’t mind wearing alpaca it’s very warm. i make a lot of my winter stuff out of alpaca.
RainyDaisy Says:
eep.
Brandi Says:
I am so glad I am not the only person who was mortified at the thought of movers touching my undies.
But there are worse things, or things equally as bad. My family is military so we have moved alot and when we moved from Germany we had to have movers pack our stuff. Unfortunately, some of the movers stole our stuff such as my baby clothes from when I was little to my parents wedding dishes. So I wouldn’t be surprised if movers would steal undies or smell them, or anything else of a shocking nature.